Here's Why You Get Hungry When You Smoke Pot (Scientists Get Mice High To Explain The Munchies)

[Cali_Democrat]

Scientists Get Mice High To Explain Why We Get The Munchies
Posted: 02/11/2014 11:43 am EST

Scientists may have discovered why marijuana makes users run for the Pringles.

In a study published on Sunday in the journal Nature Neuroscience, researchers have tied the increased hunger experienced by users to the drug's ability to produce a higher sensitivity to scents and flavors.

Smithsonian Magazine explains how researchers reached their conclusion:

The scientists began by exposing mice (increasingly used in neuroscientific research because of the surprising amount of cognitive similarities they share with humans) to banana and almond oils as a test of sensitivity to scent. When they did so, the mice sniffed the oils extensively at first, then stopped showing interest in them, a well-known phenomenon called olfactory habituation. Mice that were dosed with THC, however, kept on sniffing, demonstrating an enhanced sensitivity to the scents. These THC-dosed mice also ate much more chow when given the chance, showing an increased appetite.

The heightened sense of smell is, the researchers assert, linked to increased appetite.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/11/why-marijuana-gives-you-the-munchies_n_4762301.html

[phleshdef]

1. I thought it was because marijuana causes a blood sugar drop.

There was another study recently that talked about using it as possible diabetes treatment.

[Holly_Hobby]

3. You're correct, I tested it :) n/t

[msongs]

2. Pringles? umm no thanks nt